“Ask Father Christmas to bring you a wig, Wayne. It'll cover the lobotomy scars nicely........”

“Remember kids, you are not IN a traffic jam you ARE the traffic jam”

“Crikey! What a lot of words! :)

I had a choice between working in the centre and working up near Cribbs and the traffic was a major factor in me working centrally.

I've been stuck up there a few times and it's miserable. Chuck in a screeching baby and whining child and you're into "Falling Down" territory.”

“I agree with Helen as i also work on the estate but I'd go a bit further by making Highwood lane a oneway from the motorway roundabout up to Asda roundabout thus doing away with the lights at the junction with Merlin Rd, this will help the traffic getting off the estate onto the motorway a lot quicker, Also the lights by the Tile shop would go as access is right turn only from the one way system, access would still be possible from Lysander Rd but to exit from this way you have to come back to Lysander Rd. Then from Asda roundabout up to the lights towards the trading estate this again is a one way, do away with the little used cycle path and make it two lanes again (never understood the logic in that when they put that in) as there is plenty of room to widen the pavement to make a cycle path, left turn at the lights is access only to trading estate and again back entrance to Asda closed. From the traffic lights up towards the roundabout (Jupiter Rd) make this one way, left lane for Highwood Rd exit and right hand lane for the stores and motorway. Next get rid of the rat runs like between Wicks and Toys r us, you can use this for more car parking for the two stores or for green space thus doing away with more lights, for access to Tesco Direct etc you can still turn left but again a oneway around to Lysander Rd. Last but by no means least a proper monitoring system so that the Police or Highways Agency can hold the lights on green longer to get the traffic out onto the motorway at extreme times, this should also include all the lights along Highwood Rd especially the set on the roundabout and hopefully by next Christmas the bridge will be finished to easy the congestion a bit more.”

“There is nothing wrong with the roads into and out of Cribbs.
The issue is with people who are stupid enough to all want to be there at midday to mid afternoon.
I left it until the evening, didnt have an issue at all, regardless of what the BBC was reporting.”

“My husband and I work on the industrial estate that is behind Cribbs. Every year we have this problem and our vehicles are stuck trying to get out of the industrial estate. The answer is simple. Close the back exit at Asda. This would prevent the industrial estate getting clogged. Then sort out the light timings near the motorway. All bristol traffic should be directed down Lysander Way and the motor way traffic up past morrisons. if they operated oneway systems then it would stop the clogged up roundabouts. Simple. I have been to lots of big shopping centres and in my experience Cribbs is the worst for getting into and out of. If they reduced the amount of routes motorists had then the traffic would flow, as people would have less choice to cause congestion. As the mall is a circle road then operate a one way system and have an 'industrial area only ' sign. No need for shoppers to use the back entrance at Asda. Maybe the Highways agency should speak to the companies on the estate and have a strategy for changing the road layout at peak times.”

“Edward King.

I don't tail gate and i can assure you that i am a better driver than you could ever aspire to be. One thing I have learnt in my years of driving is you can not do any thing about the person behind you so worry about the vehicle in front and to the side of you.

And as for the arrogant drivers you keep seeing on the road? are they staring back at you from the rear view mirror?”

“Amanda how nice it must be to have the money to spend in October for Christmas. Unfortunately I have 4 children one has their birthday in Sept, one in Oct., two in Nov. So you can see my problem. Also for the last 2 weeks I have had flu been very poorly, yesterday was the first day I have ventured out of the house.

Yep never going to Cribbs again if I can help it!! However what I must say is the traffic problems started at 1pm, the shops were not busy so it was not just a case of last min. shopping. What I want to know is where was the police? Could have been potentially a major disturbance if it had not been for people keeping their cool.

Its all very good to be smug and full of your own self importance about how wonderfully organized you are but unfortunately 'life is what happens when you are busy making other plans'. The fact is The Mall should never have been built the road system can not cope with the huge out lets that are already there . Yep usually do all my shopping on foot locally, unfortunately its a bit hard to do a christmas shop for 8 on foot and have a normal life!! Never mind better luck next time at least its given us something else to moan about!!”

“Mr Simpson, I have never seen such an obvious case of mis-advertising since my suit again the film, The Never Ending Story - Lionel Hutz”

“W"easeling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel."”